Thursday, February 05, 2009

Iain Dale's Political Dictionary

Liquidity


MEANING (n): When you look at your investments and wet your pants.

PS Do submit further words and meanings and I'll try to carry one a day.

21 comments:

Dick the Prick said...
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ahs benton said...

Lib Dem (nm): When you look in your pants and find that your knob has dropped off.

kinglear said...

Ah, so you read the Herald too??

no longer anonymous said...

Gordon Brown's underpants.

Administrator said...
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Unknown said...

Osborne and Little

Answer to the question: "who is the Shadow Chancellor and what does he know about the economy?"

Lord Elvis of Paisley said...

How about 'referendum'

Unknown said...

Antidepressants

Hasty clarifications issued after faux pas at PMQs

Philipa said...
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Daily Referendum said...

Insolvency - when your finances are so bad you start sniffing glue to ease the pain.

Anonymous said...

Election (n)

Meaning, according to Brown:
Chance for proletariat to exercise the wrong decision

Meaning, according to Cameron:
Chance for proletariat to exercise the right decision

Meaning, according to Clegg:
Chance for proletariat to exercise indecision

Meaning, according to Proletariat:
Chance for above to lie about future decisions

Nick Drew said...

You might enjoy the definitions to the following, here:

- Cameroon
- Cashtration
- Ignoranus
- Bozone
- Mervous
- Intaxicated
- El Gordo
- Strawbury
- Gulliballs
- Trustcott

Daily Referendum said...
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Daily Referendum said...

Brownian motion

MEANING:

Gordon makes random stabs in the dark, while the economy deteriorates.

Hacked Off said...

Millipede = Insect
Straw = Hollow Stem
Jowell = Ugly bit of hanging flappy skin, often found on turkeys
Prescott = Mouth of the Humber
Beckett = Murder in The Cathedral, much anticipated
Cook = Mysterious Death, See David Kelly
Blunkett = Randy Old Goat
Brown = unpleasant dull colour, most shit is brown as example.

The Penguin.

Oldrightie said...

Labourazism, the fascist erosion of freedom and the stealthy creation of a police state.

David Anthony said...

Gordon Brown = See desperate

Anonymous said...

I think your idea has run into the sand thanks to the total lack of charm and originality in the blogosphere.

How does one submit ones word and definition. Surely not over the 'vulgar vulgar vulgar' open airwaves?

The Grim Reaper said...

And there was me thinking Gordon had wet himself again!

Martin S said...

Brownian motion

MEANING:

Gordon makes random stabs in the dark, while the economy deteriorates.


DR! You beat me to it with Brownian Motion! Probably a better definition than what I had in mind, though.

Anonymous said...

There is an old joke among economists that states:
A recession is when your neighbour loses his job.
A depression is when you lose your job.

Is Gordon trying to tell us something?